Are any of you guys on any social networking platforms? I know that a few of you do Facebook, but my students have forbid me from creating an account--a value that I tend to agree with, actually. I love my girls, but every now and then, one is bound to get a nut or two and some boundaries are better left untouched. (I'm beginning to see the utility of it now, as Court set up an account about a month ago. I might create an account and just set all the privacy settings to paranoia-levels. It wouldn't be an issue if it were not for the nuts that one gets every other year or so. One such nut I will have this upcoming spring semester; lessons have been learned and clear boundaries will be delineated from day 1.)
In any event, I'm currently on Pandora, Twitter, Boxee, and Audible. Pandora is a great music resource; Twitter is... Twitter. Microblogging, I guess. Boxee is absolutely amazing; I continue to use it--even though I have access to fully pimped-out cable at the beach condo. And it would be great to share recommendations on books, which is what makes Audible great.
In any event, I'm currently on Pandora, Twitter, Boxee, and Audible. Pandora is a great music resource; Twitter is... Twitter. Microblogging, I guess. Boxee is absolutely amazing; I continue to use it--even though I have access to fully pimped-out cable at the beach condo. And it would be great to share recommendations on books, which is what makes Audible great.
posted by Greg | 4:30 PM
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I do the Facebook fairly regularly. (Court and I are now Friends.) You have a lot of options when it comes to privacy. I would never friend a current student. I get friend requests from recent graduates, and I accept them, but put them in my "Limited Profile" group for one year (you can limit what friends in that group can see of your profile). By that time they couldn't care less about what their high school math teacher is up to.
As for those other sites, I'm not all that familiar. I still don't get Twitter. I mean, I get it, but... I guess I get a very similar effect via Facebook status messages, so Twitter would be redundant. And I don't need MORE things to keep track of, check, etc. I'll check out the others, but I definitely want to limit my participation in such things.
There's a facebook / twitter API, right? I'm pretty sure there is... (I'm about to go public on my twitter account, relating it to stuttering self-help.) I need to get my ducks in a row before I go public w/ it...
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